Re: [orca-list] Movie subtitles reading?

["Rob" <captinlogic gmail com>]

chrys <chrys linux-a11y org> wrote:
> not sure if that exists for an linux player. but sounds like an useful
> enhancement. that should not be that hard to do as an plugin for totem,
> vlc or Mplayer.


Aren't subtitles just text files anyway? How are they displayed when you play a movie in mplayer or vlc. Text 
on screen? If so, then we should be able to read it. If it is a graphic--something like a captcha--then I 
don't know.